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Deuteronomy 21:16-18
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16 nevertheless it will be the case that[a] on the day of bestowing his inheritance upon his sons, he will not be allowed to treat as the firstborn son the son of the beloved wife in preference to[b] the son of the disliked wife, who is the firstborn son. 17 But he shall acknowledge the firstborn son of the disliked wife by giving[c] him a double portion of all that he has,[d] for he is the firstfruit of his vigor;[e] to him is the legal claim of the birthright.[f]

18 “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son[g] who does not listen to[h] the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother, and they discipline him, and he does not obey[i] them,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 21:16 Literally “it will happen”
  2. Deuteronomy 21:16 Literally “over the faces of”
  3. Deuteronomy 21:17 Literally “to give”
  4. Deuteronomy 21:17 Literally “all that is found for him”
  5. Deuteronomy 21:17 Or “the beginning of his strength”
  6. Deuteronomy 21:17 Or “the just claim of the firstborn”
  7. Deuteronomy 21:18 Literally “If shall be for a man, a son stubborn and rebellious”
  8. Deuteronomy 21:18 Literally “and there is no listening/obedience”
  9. Deuteronomy 21:18 Or “listen to”
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Deuteronomy 21:16-18
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16 when he wills his property to his sons, he must not give the rights of the firstborn to the son of the wife he loves in preference to his actual firstborn, the son of the wife he does not love.(A) 17 He must acknowledge the son of his unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double(B) share of all he has. That son is the first sign of his father’s strength.(C) The right of the firstborn belongs to him.(D)

A Rebellious Son

18 If someone has a stubborn and rebellious(E) son(F) who does not obey his father and mother(G) and will not listen to them when they discipline him,

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